Jim O'Donnell
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O'Donnell: PGA-LIV alliance is a golf marriage fit for the hottest fires on EarthJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - THAT EERIE HAZE IN THE AMERICAN AIR - is it from wildfires in Canada or the decision of PGA Tour management to merge with the blood-washing LIV? In the blink of a news r...
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Jim O'Donnell: Have Kevin Warren and the Bears found their golden crowbar in Naperville?Jun 04, 2023 5:30 am - WHEN BEARS PRESIDENT KEVIN WARREN met Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli to discuss the possibility of a new Bears stadium in the giant west suburb, the password was "leverag...
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Jim O'Donnell: "Last Dance," last chance at predicting a perfect Michael Jordan endingMay 28, 2023 1:00 am - THERE WAS A STRONG SENSE that it was instant sports history - a place in time that might endure forever. There were more subtle underpinnings that it would be a singular...
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Jim O'Donnell: Once upon a time in Cleveland, Jim Brown was the NFL's perfect gentlemanMay 24, 2023 1:00 am - THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL SPORTS EVENT that a wee Irishman from suburban Cleveland ever attended was a long ago NFL game between the Browns and visiting Washington. Jim Bro...
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O'Donnell: Rainy week spells nothing but downpour at 'The Score'May 17, 2023 1:00 am - A FEW FLANNEL SHIRTS AGO, robust country ace Luke Combs released one of the more clever music videos of the new millennium with his hit "When It Rains It Pours." That co...
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Jim O'Donnell: Game-by-game point spreads say the '23 Bears should finish … betterMay 14, 2023 5:30 am - IN AN ERA WITH A MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED "MADDEN" and legal sports gambling on just about every facet of the NFL, why even bother playing the regular season? Have li...
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O'Donnell: Arlington Park fans can take some comfort in so-so TV ratings of the '23 Kentucky DerbyMay 10, 2023 1:00 am - TO THE REMAINING FANS of racing at Arlington Park, there could have been a dandy fantasy daily double on Kentucky Derby Day last weekend. First leg, Larry Rivelli's Chic...
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Jim O'Donnell: Rivelli says that the Preakness is a 'no go' for Two Phil'sMay 08, 2023 1:00 am - PLEASE HOLD ALL Maryland crabcakes. Two days after his Two Phil's took a lead in the stretch of the Kentucky Derby before finishing a game second, trainer Larry Rive...
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Jim O'Donnell: Like Duchossois, will Reinsdorf try and take his playground with him?May 07, 2023 5:30 am - SOMETIME AROUND 1992, retired Arlington Park COO Sheldon Robbins - a brilliant businessman - predicted that if Dick Duchossois could one day take his regal racetrack wit...
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Jim O'Donnell: Jagged little third railer costs ESPN reporter her jobApr 30, 2023 5:30 am - SNIPS AND SNAILS AND PUPPY-DOG TAILS were once supposed to reside only on the male side of major sports media. All of that changed in an epithet recently when Marly Rive...